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• 10.13.08
  Why are Politics and Theology Directly Related?
  Ecclesiology, Theology (1)

  I find it interesting as I read blogs of people of certain theological persuasions during election season because you tend to learn their political leanings as well.  In reading through the various blogs this year I've noticed that most people on the more liberal end of the theological spectrum are liberal politically, and conservatives are the other way around. Is there anything intrinsic within the different theological positions that gravitate people towards certain political opinions?  Why can't someone more theologically liberal take the opinion that while they staunchly believe in the gospel in all its social outworking that the government is ...